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MEDFORDJtATL TRTDUNE MEDFORD, OREfiON, WEDNESDAY. MAY 2.1917.
WHEN VACUUM
WASTORPEDOED
In ndditinn to pussin ordinnnees
licensing the proprietors of liillinrd
hulls mid curd playing rooms, in the
discussion of which Muyor (lutes and
Nine Survivors, Including Captain
Landed Lieutenant Thomas, U. S
N. and Four Gunners Amono Lost eneh councihnun en me out flat-foot
-8 Naval Gunners and 18 Mem- !ul n'f"1"t pennittinnny Ban.oiinB
ini nit; i-iuii ruwiin. i lie ciiy coun
cil nt its lengthy meeting Wednesday
I ihiii- iiio luiieiiciiii y (lei'iiu'ii io
I millffl n elnirirn f,ir wii(ir f,.r llwt Pnn.l
T.l VIi'JMtnnT. H.f,... it fnu ... nmnflni.lii..u ......I.... 1 I.. I.. nP A
... . ...... jut mujr t,. tut) BUlUlJr l " -'ui miunn f;(iiiiviiH Mill! HH3 Ui X
nt rnn,nn II...I. ...:ilu ...... r. ..1.1 1.
w. iiiium iiuiiio, 11 gunners anui'""ln ; ni)iinic iinn, iiiiuuiin re
tho third mate and boatswain of the I ferring the water ordinance buck to
inc water eominiltec lor lurtncr
American tank steamuliln Vacuum, all
of whom had been given up for lost,
was made known by tbo captain hlin
eelf In a telegram received today by
the American consul, 11. L. Washing
ton.
This telegram reduces the Iosb of
life to twenty-three, about thirteen of
thlB number being Americans. It In
creases to eight the number of gun
ners saved. It also placea the loss
from the crow at eighteen and the
saved at eighteen.
The captain's meagre telmrrnm
consideration.
An ordinance wiik nlxn tinumiit tn
go into effect May 15 to regulate
and license motor llimsns nrwl iifnevs
and alter that date no longer will
Ihesc public conveyances be allow
ed to pile as many passengers in
side nnd out as enn be crowded on.
The ordinance forbids any such con
veyance to "carrv over two passen
gers more than its rated scutim? ca
pacity inside the car."
On May J; tlio proprietor of any
KILBANE OUTPOINTS CHAMPION FREDDY WELSH
.no uujiuiiii b meagre leiegrnm w" 'a.v -i; me proprietor or an;
gnvo the first definite nows of the loss I billiard ball must pay an annual li
of Lieutenant Thomas, U. S. X., and
the death from exposuro of F. H. Lo-
roe, but did not toll how the survivors
reached land.
OiH-rator's Story
Losllo Hatton, the wireless opera
lor, of Niagara, Wis., who, from the
wlreloss hut saw the wake of a tor
podo and the porlscopo of a mibma
rino, Bald the explosion was so terrl
cense fee of $;" for the first four
tnblcfl or less, and $1 for each
additional - table. Kach public card
room must nuv an annual license fen
of $:i for the first two or less tables,
nnd $1 for each nilililionul Inble
In addition the pronrietor of each
card room must put mi a security
umid ol IpL'.ill tbut bo wi permit no
(rumbling in bis place. The ordi-
NEW YORK, May 2. Johnny rLII
bane, of Cleveland. fi.ntiir,vi..i,i
champion, outpointed Freddie Welsh,
of England. worm's nni.,...ni..i..
champion, In eight out of ten rounds
of their boxing match here last night
Mlbano weighed 130 pounds and
Welsh 13.
SOCIALISTS HOLD IMmT
MAY DAY PARADES
flc that It blew a holo right nn nance also forbids Hint nnv vnnib
through tho ship abaft tbo cnglnojnndcr (i years old be permitted to
room nnd put tho wireless dynamo
out of commission.
"I, therefore," the operator added
"was tinablo to send wlrelemi calls
When we woro In the small boat the
submarliio appoarod on the surface
and made a Briuaro hit with the first
shell on tho wireless hut, shuttering
It
Frank J. Ycrnoy, the second mato,
who lost his llfo when the Vnctium
went down, was making his first trl
loiter in n billiard hall or card room.
Durinir the discussion on rixmljit-
ing card rooms Mayor Gates caused
a mild sensation when he declared
that if a report he wits having inves
tigated about, a cerium card room
was true, he intended to close no the
place for good, nnd nsked if the
'otineil would back him tin in such
proeecditre. Knelt councilman em
phatienllv said that lie wnnl.l ) , i . . L
up Mayor Gates in any move he made
" ""I mo mm iriiii' v.un- in nuy imitc I
after tbo torpedoing of tho American o "top gambling for money
steamship Algonquin last March. Yer
ney was ulso socond mate on that ves-
BOl,
1H Lives Iwt,
The case referred in bv Hie lnnvin
was Hint of a man whoso family and
himself were being supported bv
charity, Mayor Gales himself being
a conl ribnt or, who went into a cer-
NORWAY, SWEDEN
LIVERPOOL, May 2. Captain tain card room and lust $4.50, all
Harris of tbo Vacuum roports that IS
men or his crow were lost. Eight
gunnors nnd 18 niomhers of tho crew
woro saved.
Lieutenant Thomas, U. S. S., lost
his llfo by tho BlnkltiB of the Vac
uum, according to a telegram re
ceived hero today from Cnptaln liar
na by tbo American consul hore, II
i. Washington
Caplaln Harris also reports that
i raiiK It. Loreo died of cxnosiiro aft
cr being lnnded and Hint A. Donald
lias. ,1. Fisher and Chns. F. Luekan
nro lost. Loreo. Doilllld. Flshnr nnd
Lui kan woro members of tho United
Mates naval gitnrd on tho ship Vac
num.
The following nnval gunners form
mo ncuum have ben Bavcd: Jas
-. Williams, John Willoms. (leorge
. Pinker, Oswald II. Lmko, Henry
JJ.I. J.Musfihorn, Jr.
MemlM'ra of Craw t.xsl.
Tho rollowlng nieniliers of tho Vac
mini s crew woro olst:
mink J. Vernoy, second mate,
naturalized llolglnn. New York.
John Kirk, chief englneor, nat
uralized Scot, Now York.
Francis J Davison, nslslant en
gineer, naturalized Swede.
V. 11. Crane, steward, Brooklyn.
Thomas Kills, mes Imv. Alliaiiv
X. Y. "
S. Mlchelpon, qllitrtennasler.
I'elto Villalon, Chilean. X. Kind,
A. OrlK K. T.-rvls. I.. Vistnn. w.
tlnivcy, .1. Dusaiia. rireuuin: I.. K.
Hassiiinssen, H. oKen. n. A. ins.
ula, D. Kthlamlllva, seamen.
J. .Miller, cnok (may lie Joseph
Mulen, llrooklyn.)
the money he hud left, in a game of
poker.
The unienduient to the water onli
nance lo fix a charge for the use of
water on lots and gardens used in
Hie lood preparedness onmimiL'n
aroused much discussion. Tlereliit'nr.
users of such lots have had to pay nt
the rate o fl..i() n mnnl i. nit the
council prnctically decided to make
tint cnarge ot about 4 nulls a
'iltiurc foot for the season
BONES OF BABE
DUGUPINCEMETERY
While Samuel ltntomun was plow
ing In tho eastern part ot tho 1. O. O.
1'. cemetery recently Incidental to
Improvements being made In the
cemetery, the plow turned up n small
box mado of rough boards. On
opening the box the bones of a fully
developed baby were found. There Is
no record of a burial where the box
was found. The bones were given
lain custody of rndeituker I'earl who
relnlerred them.
"The body had been burled at least
several years," said Mr. I'earl on
Wednesday, "it may have been a
legitimate burial of longer ago than
that, for It Is only In recent years
that a complete record of all Inter
moitls in tho cemetery has been kept.'
LONDON", AHiy 2. A Stockholm
dispatch says that the' greatest so
cialist demonstration ever seen in
Sundinnvia was held throughout
Sweden on May Day. Great crowds
assembled in tho streets of Stock
holm carrying banners with the in
scription ileniuiiding more food and
bolter conditions of life. Hundreds
of children with peace' banners participator.
LONDON, May 2. A riirisfinnir.
disputed snys that usual May )ny
demonstrations were held nil over
Norway nnd that much ilissntisf'ac-
tion was held at. the high prices of
me necessities ot lite.
AMSTKHOAM. Mav 2. A tele
gram from Iiudnpost, Hitngury, today,
says :
"Yesterday being Labor Day then
was n cessation of work. All fac
tories nnd business establishments
woro closed. No newspapers annenr-
ed. . The socialists held n number of
meetings which passed resolutions.
There were no disorders."
FROM A FROST
Medford und the valley were dan
gerotisly near a heavy frost late
luesday night and early Wednesday
morning in fuct the local weather
bureau reports that conditions were
never more tavorablc for a frost
However, tin ncxplninnble freak of
the weather caused the temperature
to rise just as the danger point was
being reached, und at 5:30 a. tn. all
danger was past. .
The coldest ' official temperature
at the l;. S. weather bnreii II in flip
Garnett-Corey building was 32 de
grees, registered at 5:30 a. m. In
all directions out from Medford. how
ever, the temperature was lower. For
instance nt the Holloway orchard it
wns 31 at 5:30 a. in.
Orchnrdists were unensv all Hini-
ont the night and kept in telephone
touch with the weather bureau, nre-
parcd to begin smudging as soon as
riven word to do so. No smudging
was necessary, however.
STRAWBERRIES
MUSTBE SOLD IN
STANDARD BOXES
Shipments of strawberries aro be
lng made in the state and the state
sealer calls attention to the law gov
ernlng the Bale of same.
First, that the berries must be sold
In standard boxes, In quantities up to
and Including a dry quart.
Second, that the boxes must be well
packed. The purchaser Is entitled to
a box of berries well packed and level
full.
Vigorous prosecutions are ordered
for violators of the law as follows:
'The standard boxes or basketB
used In the sale of strawberries,
blackberries, loganberries, raspber-
FOUR WOMEN
TESTIFY
Positive Proof that Lydia E.
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rinkftam's Vegetable Com
pound Restored Their
Health.
Ynnlcfri M V "J D.iffn-.j
' ouncicu i turn a
nan enna nr fomoU tfnKln 1...1...L.
....h.u hiwuiiu, uatiauilt.
I inkham s Vegetable Compound re
stored my health after everything elso
had failed. "--Mrs. H. J. L. Feathek,
61 Hamilton Ave., Yonkera, N. Y.
today had it not been for Lydia E.
Finkham's Vegetable Compound as it
cured me from a severe case of female
trouble " Mm n a rvn r
Road, Danville, 111.
Kidgway, Pa. "I wish all women
who suffer from female troubles would
tftkff T.vdin I? P,nl.Unn. 7 ..li.
j.. . .uniioiu 0 vegeuiuia
compound as I avoided a surgical oper
ation by its use." Mrs. 0. M. Rhines,
Ridgway, Pa.
JNorin j Haven, Conn. "Lydia E
Btored my 1
rles, or similar berries, shall be of the
Interior capacity of 67.2 cubic Inches
dry quart) or 33.6 cubic inches (dry
pint) or 16. S cubia Inches (dry one
half pint). And it Bhall be unlawful
to offer or expose for sale or sell
strawberries, blackberries, loganber
ries, raspberries or similar berries In
boxes or baskets of other than the
standard size; provided, that nothing
within this section Bhall be construed
as In any way preventing tho sale of
strawberries, blackberries, loganber
ries, raspberries, or similar beries, by
the weight or in boxes or baskets of
greater capacity than 67.2 cubic
Inches."
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HERPICIDE
does not change the color
of the hair one particle.'
Tl
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Capital
'$100,000
FAIR PLAY
The United States government has an
nounced that the private Rights, Prop
erty and Bank Accounts of Subjects of
Foreign Countries within our borders will
be Respected and Protected in equal de
gree to those of Its own citizens.
It is this fair play to all; malice toward
none which causes Citizen and Alien alike
to be linked One Hundred Million Strong
in Universal Patriotism.
Wo tender the facilities nnd services of
the First National Hunk as an aid to In
creasing Production n Increasing Con
sumption. ;
st National Bank
iviLUrOHD OREGON n
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound re-
? y ftra,wl oner everytning elso
had failed when passine through chango
of life. There is nothing like it to
POLICE COURT FINES
TOTAL $92.50 FOR APRIL
Tho police court of the city enrich
ed Modford's treasury by ?!l2.r0 Inst
month. Judge (llcnn O. Taylor's offi
cial report for April follows:
Driving car faster than 16 miles
per hour, 7 cases; 4 dismissed; II
fined. Amount collected, $;!'.'. 0.
Leaving car on Hear Creek bridge.
three cuses, all dismissed.
round drunk on streets, seven
cases, two sentenced to Jail and scn
tences suspended. Three fined. Two
forfeited ensh bull. Klnea collected
2T.i-,. Hull forfeited, $2.".. oil.
I'rivlng car with blinding headlight
one caso. Klne collected. $7.2.-1.
Cases Investlgnted but not docket
d. three.
WASHINGTON', Xlay 2. Onnon
ents of women suffrage were heard
today by the senate committee consld
erlng the suffrage amendment to the
constitution.
Mrs. James Wadsworth, wife of the
New York sonntor nnd daughter of
former Secretary of State John Hay
lea tho speakers and urged that, at
least during the war, suffrage aglta-
tntlon be abandoned.
If Amerlcnn women earnestly want
tho vote, Miss Minnlo Ilrosson, of
Iowa stated, they could oulcltlv get It
through their husbands. She denied
that tho foreign voto has been rosoon
slble for defent of equal suffrage In
several states.
WAR WILL LAST THREE YEARS
(Continued from Page One.)
fill ASS VAI.I.KV, t'al., Mv j .....
Lieutenant Clarence C. Tlinmus, defi
nitely reported lost In tho sinking of
tho oil steamer Vacuum, was the son
of tho lute J. M. Thomas, a bunker
hern. 0 was 32 years old and wns
appointed to Annapolis In 130S.
BILL IN THE HOUSE
W ASIIIMiTO.V, May '.--Tho war
emergency bill, carrying $2,S27.ti.'i3,
663 was takea tip In tbo houso today
for final nrllon and lis prompt pas
ago with but few dinscullng votes
virtually wns assured. The hill ap
propriates 2,223,s:t!i,2.',t for the
army; $S0,3ar.T3 for the navy nnd
tho balance Is to meet exl inordinary
expenses of other departments arising i
from tho war.
-Tin1 fnniiiiis
lVtrocnid in
f li ii' -m h
M'.W Yo;K, m..,j.
monument creeled m
honor of Kalherinc II
been demolished ni r,,,.,,, j,,,,, i.
at the re.piest of t. committee "I
Mildiers, aci ni, Img t dispatch re
ceived here today from lYtrugrnd by
the Jewish Daily Forward.
PKTltOliUAt) May a.The It.,..
lnn capllul Tuesday Inaugurated n
first great May-day fete without fear
of opposition from any reactionary
iliinrters. Tho weather was beautiful
and numberless processions ni..,,i
along tho streets tlirniigliout the d.iv
Kverythlng passed off In perfect or
der, although a million persons mr.
tlclpalert in tho parades. The govern
ment had proclaimed the day a gen
oral holiday.
HALF-MILLION TONNAGE
FOR 24,030 SOLDIERS
W ASI1INOTON, May 2. The
I'nitnl States stands ready to send
an army to Kuropo whenever the
allies deem It wise to divert the nec
essary shipping from transporting
food. The amount of tonnage that
would ho required for transport Is
usually put nt about 20 tons per man
In a fully equipped force. For the
regular American unit of 2 4,000 men
nearly half a million tons therefore
ould li0 necessary, or ships about
ei'ial to ths seized (ierinnn tonnage
In American waters. It remains for
Hie allien to figure out If they can
afford to divert that amount of ship
ping.
REWARD OFFERED RY
BERLIN AUTHORITIES
l-IH.IV. May 2. In announcing
the fliU'ir,, nt the nlnlm tn rrrvittt holi
day utrlli,,. the Merlin authorities
have offered a reward of 30(10 marks
'or the niosecutlon of "agitators in
enemy service who are trying to start
dissensions, especially In the labor
In ccrm.iny."
described difficulties tho government
faced In raising the greatest army In
the history of the country and of the
need of supplies, especially farm
products nnd ships.
Tho states, Secretary Jtakor said
can assist tho government by giving
support to tho draft; aiding recruit
lug and seeing to It that proper ex
oniptions are enforced and that men
needed nt homo nre not sent Into the
army.
"We are not going to make war.
he said, "with our right or our left
hand, but with both hnnds, nnd every
niiiii In the country ran aid."
Secretary Daniels nsked the aid of
the states In recruiting the naval nor
sound to 150,000 men ntler tho new
bill is passed.
I-nter at the slate department Sec
rotary Lansing in responso to inqiil
rles said:
"it may as well be recognized that
tho siihniarlno situation Is very serf
ous."
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. o la MUllllllg I1KO H 10
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Florence Isella, Box 197, North
.unveil! vunn.
The many convincing testimonials
constant, v nnliliali,. in f.n n
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ought to be proof enough to women who
suffer from those distressing ills pecu
liar to their sex that Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound ia the medicine
they need.
Cars for Sale
I Willys-Knight $1000
1 Dodge Brothers Touring Car 830
1 Buiek Roadster oji
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1 Ford Truck 250
1 Indian Twin Motorcycle 75
Bernard Motor Co.
DEALERS IX
Dodge Brothers Motors
and G. M. Cr Trucks
United States Tires
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SAMPLE SALE of SUITS
WAIST SALE
500 brand new Wirth
niorc "Waists, beautiful
styles, all sizes, M to
52, on sale at. each
$1.00
TheWoman's Store
14-22 NORTH CENTRAL
MEDFORD, OREGON
BABY WEEK
Booties, Bonnets, Bibs
ami manv other art.iclns V
for the Baby on sale at V
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We bought a tra vel
O u uuiiii 13
of Silk and Wool Suits at 56 off reg
ular prices. These we place on sale
Thursday at the following remarkable
prices. All of our own stock in
cluded in this sale.
25 Women's Suits,
made in this seasons
most-up-to-date styles,
all good colors and
sizes. Regular price
$25. See display in
windows at the low
$13.98
COATS
lOWomen'sCorduroy
Coats, sold regular up
to $12.50, Kc; rr
now, each . . . iJ)OtUU
price
of .
VAAAA aw ...
25 Women's Silk and
Wool Suits, all this
seasons styles, in a
good range of colors
and size. A few of
the advance Fall mod
els in this lot up to
$35(vals.dj- Q QQ
sthis saleiy.v7(5
Bungalow Aprons
Made in good percale,
in dark and light
styles, worth $1,
this sale, each . . . OC
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